"Don't read between the lines. I am not insinuating that IDS 11.5 is not
as stable or fast as 11.1 and 10 were. I am just asking Jerry and his
team not neglect these old feature when going after new ones."

That editorial?

f.ck's sake man, get a f.cking grip!

I answered through the IIUG mailing list already, but I think this should be in
 c.d.i...:

I apologize for the way I'm gone say this, but I feel I have to be clear...

You didn't hear a rumor... you're actually creating one. Let's see
what was written:

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"Along with the 2007 survey results we will soon be asking you to
participate in the 2008 IIUG survey. Please take a few minutes and
fill it out. It helps us make IDS a better product, gives us the
chance to be heard as a collective group, and who knows, you may get
your favorite feature into the next release. Adding features to IDS is
important to maintain its current technological advantage.

I would, however, like to say a few words in favor of the old features
- those that are the reason we chose Informix to begin with and the
reason we stayed with it. The great performance, the small footprint,
but above all the robustness and stability - knowing that as long as
you do not unplug the power it will keep on going. This was a quality
that could not be replaced by stronger hardware.

Don't read between the lines. I am not insinuating that IDS 11.5 is
not as stable or fast as 11.1 and 10 were. I am just asking Jerry and
his team not neglect these old feature when going after new ones."

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Nowhere, and I want to emphasize _NOWHERE_, in these lines, the author
is saying 11.5 isn't stable or has bad performance.
It is just asking the product manager a simple and fair request: Don't
let new features get in the way of the well known quality of the product.

IDS 11.50 will not be perfect, as no any other version is,
was, or will be. But until now I haven't heard any big issue with it.
So, no reason to get nervous. As with any other version, if you're
planning to move to IDS 11.50 you really need to test it in your
environment. And also stay alert, I repeat as with any other version,
for any critical issue that IBM may publish about it, it one appears.

By the way... Today we're having the "Community action day":

http://informix-technology.blogspot.com/2008/09/community-day-october-1-what-and
-why.html

Thanks for participating ;)